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Updated Sept. 6, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

Nortel to Provide Equipment For Cingular Network

Nortel Networks Corp. will provide equipment to Cingular Wireless for an asynchronous transfer mode "backbone" network that will connect 87 markets throughout the U.S. The value of the pact wasn't provided. Nortel said the network will provide Cingular, a wireless company with 21 million subscribers, with intelligent networking capabilities, as well as transport for wireless Internet voice and data traffic. Nortel, a Brampton, Ontario, communications-networking concern, said the deal includes Nortel Networks Passport 15000-VSS and Packet Voice Gateway...